24 June 201420 December 2022 4WardEverUK

CCTV captures violent arrest which left man with shattered eye-socket

source: Birmingham Mail
published: 24 June 2014

A West Midlands Police officer is facing a misconduct hearing after shattering the eye-socket of a man during a violent arrest. Mohaib Qurban was told by medics that he was lucky not to have lost his sight after he was seriously injured by the officer in Dean Street, city centre.

Some of the shocking incident was captured on CCTV cameras near Birmingham Markets and appears to show the officer punching down towards Mohaib as he lies prone beside the wheels of a parked car.

The footage, which has been obtained by the Birmingham Mail, then zooms in and shows him lifted into view before the same officer is clearly seen delivering two violent knees to his head whilst his arms and legs are pinned by a further three police.

1 June 201420 December 2022 4WardEverUK

When the state is complicit in hate

source: IRR News
published: 29 May 2014

Racist violence in Europe is sustained by cultures of impunity, as reports by Amnesty International, and Médecins du Monde and the Greek Council for Refugees make clear.

Two reports published last month document in harrowing detail the reality and impact of racist violence across Europe, as well as its intensification against a backdrop of economic turmoil and the growing influence of far-right movements.

14 May 201420 December 2022 4WardEverUK

On the 4th anniversary of Aiyana Jones killing by Detroit police; grief in store for family

source: Voice of Detroit
published: 13 May 2014

As the fourth anniversary of the brutal slaying of Aiyana Stanley-Jones, 7, by the Detroit police approaches May 16, Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy may be planning to bring yet more unfathomable grief to her family.